(Text/Yang Shiyang)
This is the love shrouded in the Cold War, and it is also the love that has been tampered with by the Cold War. The director of "Sister Ada" brought another black and white film "Cold War", Poland in the 1950s, musician Victor and a The young singer Zula fell in love. They wanted to escape the gloomy and suffocating city and go to the West, but going to freedom does not mean freedom. They are spinning in the whirlpool of fate, dealing with the East and the West for half their lives, imprisonment and freedom. Intimacy and separation are embarrassing.
From a certain angle, the story of "Cold War" seems to move "City of Philharmonic" to the background of the Cold War era, and stir a little bit of "Midsummer". Some people say that this is the most vulgar kind of Cold War story, but in fact it is definitely not the case. Director Paviu Pavlikowski is obviously a director who has strict self-requirements for external form, tone and composition. To some extent, under his guide, composition and black and white tones are involved in narration. Even, the solemn and solemn style created by these external forms means spiritual orientation, and the story itself is definitely not the clichéd dog-blood love that some people understand. The "Cold War" is full of torture, imprisoning human nature. The different repercussions aroused in a free environment, lamenting the unbearable and unbearable lightness of life, are more than just the entanglement of love and politics. It did not give a definite answer until the end. It was only in pursuit. After escaping from isolation to the other side of freedom, it did not even "liberate", but fell into another sense of imprisonment. The sorrow and The sense of fate is colder and heavier than the Cold War itself. Therefore, in the second half of this story, it has transcended the Cold War in the political sense, and has long since become the "Cold War" in the spiritual imagery deep in human nature.
Victor and Zula met in an actor selection process. Victor was the examiner and Zula was a young applicant. They wanted to form a grand singing and dancing team to eulogize the leader and the country during the process of rehearsal and tour. , The affection is growing, they tryst in the grass, in the toilet of the train, the outside world is full of eyes, people's eyes are burning, trying to find the traitor and the worm, and Victor and Zula create a little love under the cold and fear world. The escape was proposed by Victor. He wanted to take the opportunity of a tour to cross the border. He negotiated a time with Zula and took the first step, but in the end, he could not wait for his beloved woman.
Since then, the world has been cut. Victor performed in bars, cafes and clubs in Paris, met new friends and started a new life, while Zula remained in a kind of ideological freeze, dancing group dances, participating in chorus, and being in need. Praise the harvest and hope in the depleted reality. The following story is full of reversals. The woman used all means to legally leave Poland by marrying an Italian, and arrived in Paris to reunite with the men. They began to live in a free world of feasting and feasting, still singing to earn a living, but the music changed from marches to marches. Jazz.
But the two gradually began to fall into the daily harassment of the world. The emotional struggle was jealous and the life was eroded by boredom. One day the woman decided to return to the East, and the man resolutely decided to go back to the iron curtain after being lonely and desolate. The women meet again.
If the story is written about escaping from imprisonment to freedom, it can be regarded as a common ending, but running back to the iron curtain for love, is it more than tragic to describe? This is almost the extreme of romance, and there is even a religious heart of sacrifice. "Cold War" breaks away from the general Cold War narrative and writes more complex depths in people's hearts. The lovers overcome the tangible repression under the iron curtain, but are smashed by the unfettered boredom of the free world. They can overcome the pressure. But they couldn't beat the lightness. Under the gaze of the giant leader, they sought humble freedom, even if they went through the waters and fires, and finally reached the place of freedom, they were easily defeated by the absurd jealousy and quarrel under the bright neon lights.
In terms of form, it is not only black and white tones and exquisite composition that make this film, another important soul is music. It is said that it is like the Cold War version of "City of Philharmonic" because the music strung up the story and even deepened it. this story. Polish chorus and group dance, Paris jazz and loose piano music have not only become tools to remind people of the background changes of people's stories, but also become the spiritual core of the whole story. Music has been axed and transformed in different ideologies. Socialism has adapted crude and straightforward folk songs into eulogizing marches, while in Paris, folk songs have been adapted into jazz. Doctrine, but they are all variations of ideology.
The ascetic and icy Poland, the wandering Paris, the body's crossing did not soften the soul that has been frozen by the extreme cold. This is the consequence of the tampering and deprivation of the human heart by power. The person who has been hurt is not free on either side. This It was the saddest tone they ever sang.
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